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Cong leader held for assaulting driver
Registrars appointed against UGC guidelines
Probe ordered into beating up of student
Children’s Day: Hoodas play perfect host to special guests
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Dairy owners told to shift by Nov 30
38-cr aid okayed for Yamuna banks
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Cong leader held for assaulting driver
Hansi, November 14 A case in this regard has been registered at Hansi city police station on a complaint lodged by Mr Sukhsagar Singh, president of the Hisar unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). According to sources and eyewitnesses, Mr Poonia’s car was involved in an accident with a truck near the Hisar "chungi” in the township today. Following the collision, a fight broke out between the Congress leader and the truck driver, Mr Bhupender Singh. During the altercation, Mr Poonia allegedly pulled the beard of the driver and threatened him with dire consequences. In the meanwhile, a police party reached the spot and listened to the versions of both parties. A little later, the truck driver as well as the Congress leader left the scene of accident. Talking to The Tribune, Mr Sukhsagar Singh maintained that the driver had brought the matter to the knowledge of the SGPC after leaving Hansi. ”Mr Bhupender Singh complained to the SGPC authorities that his signatures had been taken on some blank papers. On receiving the complaint of the driver, SGPC vice-president Raghujit Singh Virk called me up to look into the matter. After this, I lodged a complaint with the Hansi police in this regard,” he said. The SAD leader said on his complaint, the police had registered a case under Sections 279, 295, 295-A and 506 of the IPC.
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Registrars appointed against UGC guidelines
Rohtak, November 14 Significantly, even though the Governor is the Chancellor of these universities, he is not the appointing authority of the Registrars. The notification issued by the Principal Secretary, Education, on the basis of the UGC guidelines on December 8, 2000, clearly stated that the posts of university Registrar were selection posts, which should be filled only by way of direct recruitment. The notification further stated that a Haryana Government officer, not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary, could also be appointed as a Registrar. However, the Haryana Governor recently appointed the Registrars of Kurukshetra University, Maharshi Dayanand University and Guru Jambheshwar University simply by issuing orders without advertising the posts and holding interviews. The appointment of the Registrar of Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, was, however, made as per the government notification even though the manner of selection turned out to be farcical. The post was duly advertised and a selection committee interviewed as many as 26 candidates. |
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Probe ordered into beating up of student
Yamunanagar, November 14 In a complaint to Deputy Commissioner J.P Kausik, Harman of Roopnagar Colony,
Jagadhri, had said that he was beaten up by his teacher yesterday. He said that the teacher got angry because he had made wrong answer to a question of his home
assignment. “The teacher started beating me with a stick and when I could not tolerate I fled from the class,” said Harman. Later, he, along with his grandmother Alisa, went to the DC office and made the complaint. On the other hand, the teacher claimed that she never hit Harman. “We do not beat children,” she claimed”. The DC has marked the inquiry to the District Education Officer. |
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Children’s Day: Hoodas play perfect host to special guests
Chandigarh, November 13 For the children, meeting the Chief Minister in person, being photographed with him and receiving awards from him, was a dream realised. Donning their new roles to perfection, Mr and Mrs Hooda charmed the kids with their easy ways as they mingled with them, pampered them and indulged them with lavish praise and gifts. Excitement writ large on their faces, they crowded around the Chief Minister, asking him for autographs by the dozens and elbowing each other to get in front and catch his eye. And, he obliged every child as the grounds hummed with vivacity. Shedding inhibition that comes with heading the highest office in the state, the Chief Minister got up to shake a leg to the peppy beats of the dhol as bhangra fever gripped the audience. On her part, Mrs Hooda went over to the kids, sat in their midst and shared a conversation from groups of various districts. While most children were in complete awe of being "with the CM at his house for an entire morning", there were others who had come armed with their demands. The Chief Minister gave a patient hearing to the children and even agreed to do something in matters brought to his notice. From Champa Devi Government School, Ateli (Mahendergarh), Pooja Kumari, wanted the CM to intervene and direct the school to take children out top participate in various con tests. "We have a brilliant sports team, I am very interested in elocution but we have no platform. The school does not encourage co-curricular activities," she said. Malvika, a student of Balaji High School, Fatehabad, put forward a demand for starting the science stream in her school. "I explained to him that the closest senior secondary school was 20 km away. He has promised to do something about it," she said. Addressing the children, Mr Hooda told them to focus on education, set a target for themselves and go all out to achieve it. "Pandit Nehru gave a strong foundation to the country. It is for us to build on that foundation and it will come only with the light of education," he emphasised. The Secretary, Education, Mr RS Gujral, said that the children at the function had topped in the semester examination introduced in the state for board classes this year. "The idea is to ease the burden of studies on the children as also to ensure that the children study all year round. It was the Chief Minister's idea to organise such a function to encourage children to improve upon their performances," he said. Prizes were awarded to 128 children drawn from 20 districts and the function was wrapped up with a lavish lunch. Participants of the cultural function were also given cash awards.
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Flying
high in spite of handicap Chandigarh, November 14 In the city to attend a prize-distribution function for toppers of
Haryana held at the Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s residence
here today, he was a star. As his father carried him to the dais, he
beamed as he accepted his prize from Mr Hooda for standing first in
Fatehabad in the first-semester examination conducted by the Haryana
board. And, the Chief Minister, overcome with emotion, took the little
boy in his lap and warmly hugged him before handing over the prize to
him. Sheetal smiled a brilliant smile, his bespectacled eyes twinkling
with joy as shutterbugs clicked and everybody present clapped to cheer
him.
Back on his seat, he only managed a meek I-am-very-happy-to-be-here
statement. His father, Satnam Singh, a labourer, accompanying him to the
function, chipped in, “He was very excited about coming over to
Chandigarh. We cannot afford to go on outings. He is a brilliant boy and
has topped in every exam from Class II onwards.” Education for Sheetal
was a mere stroke of luck. His parents had no plans to send him to
school.
“A neighbour asked me to admit him to school. He told me that this
would entitle me to Rs 70, which I could use for his upbringing. That is
when I decided to send him to school, not for education but for money.
Since them, he has gone from strength to strength. He has made me a
proud man,” the father says.
However, proving education to him has not been a cakewalk. Sheetal is
carried to school by his elder brother everyday. “My elder son walks
down three kms to school carrying Sheetal. He is in Class X now. Taking
him to school is going to be a problem from next year. Let us see what
happens,” he said.
Sheetal got a tricycle with the help of his principal under a
government scheme. However, a few months later, that, too, broke down
and can’t be repaired. So, Sheetal is forced to rely on others to even
step out of the house.
“We only got temporary relief when the cycle came. Now it is back
to the routine of carrying him around,” said his father. Satnam,
today, is a worried father. An uncertain future stares the boy in his
face.
“Passing exams and scoring well is all very well, but my problem is
looking for a job for my son. Despite scoring well, he may never get
anywhere. A real reward for him would be some kind of a computer
operator’s job, which he can do despite his handicap. I can only hope
that he gets help,” the father said.
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Bhiwani zoo to reopen today
Chandigarh, November 14 Senior officials in the Forest Department, Haryana, informed TNS that the Bhiwani zoo is being dedicated to the memory of Mr Surinder Singh, a former minister in the Bansi Lal and Hooda Cabinets, for wildlife conservation and education. In fact, it was Mr Surinder Singh with whose initiative this zoo was established in 1982. This zoo, alongwith the zoos at Pinjore and Jind, had been closed down in 2001, on the directions of the Central Zoo Authority because they were not built according to the specifications of the authority. Only the zoos at Rohtak and Pipli were allowed to function in the state. When the Bhiwani zoo was closed, it had hippopotamuses, crocodiles, jackals, cheetals, black bucks, bears, deers , besides a horde of birds in the walk-in aviary there. In fact, this zoo was the main recreational avenue for the people of the city. After the zoo was ordered to be closed down, the animals from here were shifted to other zoos or released in the wild. However, when Mrs Kiran Chaudhary took over as the Forest and Tourism Minister, she decided to take up the matter of re-opening of the zoo with the CZA officials. It was in February this year, that the CZA allowed the Forest Department to reopen the zoo, after making the necessary structural changes in the zoo.
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Dairy owners told to shift by Nov 30
Panipat, November 14 The National Capital Region Planning Board had approved the scheme for six towns of the state, including Panipat six years ago. Other districts were Rohtak, Sonepat, Gurgaon, Bahadurgarh and Rewari. A budget of Rs.13.07 crores, which included over Rs.9.80 crores as loan, was approved by the board. However, the local dairy owners did not shift to the proposed site on the plea that the infrastructure was inadequate. Now all the facilities like sufficient supply of drinking water, laying of sewerage system and electricity supply had been provided and the dairy owners were supposed to shift the new site, said the officials. The administration had carved out 147 plots measuring between 250 square yards and 500 square yards for the dairy owners even as the number of dairies in the city were 197, it was learnt. The district administration was ready to allot the plots to all dairy owners whenever they apply for it, said Mr Shakti Singh, SDM, Panipat.
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38-cr aid okayed for Yamuna banks
Panipat, November 14 The minister, who was here to inaugurate the New Balana Minor, claimed the farmers of state would get double irrigation facilities by next year in comparison to the present Irrigation arrangements.
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